Crossroads:Every weekend
this summer, vacationers from all
over Minnesota and beyond its
borders have packed up the family
car and headed north to Highway 1.
The highway cuts a jagged route
across the top quarter of the state,
from North Dakota in the west to the
rocky shores of Superior in the
east, through farmland, reservation,
lake and lodge country. Travelling the
roads locals in Northern Minnesota use to
capture stories, history, culture, land and
people along the way. By producer Britt
Aamodt.

9-23-12Northome
Here we get to listen to what Britt
found when she stopped in Northome.

10-28-12
Tower
Here we get to listen to what Britt
found when she stopped in Tower.

12-3-12 Ely
Here we get to listen to what Britt
found when she stopped in Ely

12-12-12 Red
LakeIn this
episode Britt is on one of the most
unique Indian reservations in the
United States, Red Lake. Aamodt
talks to two Gary Fuller and Bob
Treuer about their lives.

The History of Finns:
The first Finnish
immigrants to arrive in Minnesota settled
here sometime around the middle of the 19th
century and the close of the Civil War.
Minnesota quickly became one of the cultural
homelands of immigrant Finns in America, and
their legacy lives on today in last
names--Niemi [NEE-me], Lahti [LAH-tee],
Saari [SAR-ee]--town names (Esko, Heinola
[HEY-no-la] and Finland, come to mind) and
even a made-up saint, St. Urho, who, by the
way, boasts his own celebration every March
16. A five-part series exploring the history of Finnish immigrants
in Northern Minnesota. By producer Britt
Aamodt.

10-10-12 Finns
and Saunas
The Finnish tradition we
Minnesotans have the most to be
grateful for takes place in a small
room with a bucket of water and a
firebox for heating the rocks.